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The Digital Lifestyle Show #428 – Tablet Envy
Welcome to this week’s podcast. Garry, Jason and I catch up on the tech news. We discuss our experiences with the Xbox One as a games console and media device, we talk Xbox Video on the web, Windows...
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Xbox One SmartGlass for Android updated
Microsoft have updated the Android version of the Xbox One SmartGlass app. The release notes say with the app you can find content and pin it to your Xbox One dashboard, you can watch your friends...
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Xbox One SmartGlass for iOS updated
This week Microsoft updated the Xbox One SmartGlass app for Android and now there is an update for the iOS version. The update has improved metadata support for media apps, fixes incorrect background...
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The Digital Lifestyle Show #430 – Not so festive
Welcome to podcast 430, lots to talk about this week. Windows 8.2, will the possible return of the start menu be a backwards step or good of consumers? We talk mini Windows tablets, Xbox One updates,...
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A look back at the tech gadgets of 2013, what was your highlight?
2013 has seen a pleather of gadgets and devices released, we have had new iPads, new Surface devices, games consoles and plenty of new smartphones and I thought I would share some of my highlights and...
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Does the Xbox One really use HDMI CEC? A detailed look.
Derek R. Flickinger (Dr Flick) takes a look at whether the Xbox One really uses HDMI CEC. SOME BACKGROUND There was a lot of chatter on the industry blogs and podcasts right before Microsoft released...
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Vote up Media Center Extender functionally for the Xbox One
When the Xbox One was launched it was no surprise that Windows Media Center Extender features were missing from the console (find out why from Microsoft’s Charlie Owen on our podcast) but that doesn’t...
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BBC iPlayer for Xbox One no show blamed on the Kinect, the app could arrive...
When the Xbox One launched one of the TV apps missing from the console was BBC iPlayer. The TV app has been on the Xbox 360 for some time and its absence from Microsoft next gen console was a...
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Xbox One updates coming February 11th and March 4th
The first update for the Xbox One is on its way. There are two updates on the way, the first one due 11th February has a couple of nice features like storage management and the ability to connect up a...
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Xbox One update delayed until later this week
Microsoft had planned to roll out a system update for the Xbox One today but it looks like it’s going to be delayed until later this week. The update includes storage management, USB keyboard support...
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Xbox One Media Remote shows up on Amazon
In the tradition of things hitting the news after we discuss them on the podcast, Amazon Canada briefly had up a pre-order page for an Xbox One Media Remote. The remote is pretty minimalistic with...
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The Digital Lifestyle Show #437 – Burnin’ the Surface
Welcome to this week’s podcast. On the show this week we discuss Sony getting out of the PC business and look at back at some of their classic PCs of the past. We also talk about the leaked details of...
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The Digital Lifestyle Show #439 – Tech fails
Welcome to this week’s podcast and despite the technical challenges thrown our way this week (we are looking at you Google and Skype) we still have a great show for you. We talk about what we expect...
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Xbox One Media Remote announced
Amazon Canada may have leaked the information last week but today its official, Microsoft have announced the Xbox One Media Remote. As we discussed on the podcast over the last couple of weeks, Kinect...
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March Xbox One update will fix the UK TV 50Hz problem
As I said in my review of the Xbox One media features the HDMI pass-through is a good idea and works ok but the quality isn’t good enough for me to switch to it full time and I still have my Sky box...
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Xbox One SmartGlass for Windows updated, adds notifications
Microsoft have updated the Xbox One SmartGlass app for Windows 8.1. The updated app adds support for notifications, so when you receive a message on the Xbox One it can push the notification to...
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Xbox One SmartGlass for Windows Phone updated
Over the weekend Microsoft released an update to the Windows 8.1 Xbox One SmartGlass app which add notifications and they also updated the Windows Phone version. As is pretty normal for Microsoft...
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Xbox One update including UK TV fix starts rolling out
Yesterday the March update for the Xbox One started rolling out and it includes a some updates that should make it work better as an entertainment device. The Xbox One now supports Dolby Digital sound...
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The Digital Lifestyle Show #441 – With a 1K RAM Pack
Welcome to podcast #441 and this week we have a busy show where we talk about the changes with the leadership team at Microsoft, the lower spec requirements of Windows 8.1 update 1 and does that mean...
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Xbox One SmartGlass for Android and iOS updated
This week Microsoft rolled out an update to the Xbox One and they have been busy updating the SmartGlass apps that go with the Xbox One. The Windows and Windows Phone apps have already been updated...
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